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Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands top employment rates

Figures released Monday by the EU's statistical office Eurostat rank Sweden (79.8%), Germany (77.1%) and the Netherlands (76.5%) as having the highest employment rates for people aged between 20 and 64 in the EU. Greece (53.2%), Croatia (53.9%) and Spain (58.2%) rank at the bottom.

Britain wants to negotiate with Brussels the end date of the Brexit transition period - without saying what their preferred end date would be. The UK's position paper disagrees with the EU on other key points too.